§ 509-a. Definitions. As used in this article the term: (1) bus shall mean every motor vehicle, owned, leased, rented or otherwise controlled by a motor carrier, which (a) is a school bus as defined in section one hundred forty-two of this chapter or has a seating capacity of more than ten adult passengers in […]
§ 509-d. Qualification procedures for bus drivers, maintenance of files and availability to subsequent employers. (1) Before employing a new bus driver a motor carrier shall: (i) require such person to pass a medical examination to drive a bus as provided in section five hundred nine-g of this article; (ii) obtain a driving record from […]
§ 509-e. Annual review of driving record. Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, review the driving record of each bus driver it employs to determine whether that driver meets minimum requirements for safe driving and is qualified to drive a bus pursuant to section five hundred nine-b of this article. In […]
§ 509-f. Record of violations. Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, require each bus driver it employs to prepare and furnish it with a list of all violations of motor vehicle traffic laws and ordinances (other than violations involving only parking) of which the driver has been convicted or on account […]
§ 509-g. Examinations and tests. Each motor carrier shall require the following from each driver it employs: 1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established by the commissioner, by a physician, a certified nurse practitioner to the extent authorized by law and consistent with subdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of the […]
§ 509-h. Operation by person not licensed to drive a bus. The motor carrier shall not knowingly permit any person to operate a bus carrying passengers unless the driver meets all of the requirements of this article; except that a motor carrier may permit a conditional school bus driver who is not otherwise disqualified under […]
§ 509-i. Notification of a conviction resulting from a violation of this chapter in this state or a motor vehicle conviction in another state and license revocation. 1. A driver who receives a notice that his or her license, permit or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended or withdrawn or who […]
§ 509-j. Compliance required. (a) Every motor carrier, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees responsible for the management, maintenance, operation or driving of motor vehicles, or the hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers, shall be instructed in and comply with this article. (b) Nothing contained herein shall prevent a motor carrier or political […]
§ 509-k. Ill or fatigued operator. No driver shall operate a bus and a motor carrier shall not permit a driver to operate a bus while the driver’s ability or alertness is so impaired, or so likely to become impaired, through fatigue, illness or any other cause, as to make it unsafe for him to […]
§ 509-l. Drugs, controlled substances and intoxicating liquor. 1. No person shall: (a) consume a drug, controlled substance or an intoxicating liquor, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug, within six hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of a bus, or […]
§ 509-m. Duties of the department. The department of motor vehicles shall: 1. At least once every three years, review the bus driver files of each motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner may review such bus driver files at his discretion at any other time during regular business hours. Provided, however, that the commissioner […]
§ 509-n. Exempt carriers; reporting requirements. 1. A motor carrier subject to the motor carrier regulations of the United States department of transportation will be exempt from all of the annual and biennial requirements of this article, except the annual requirement which mandates that an affidavit of compliance be filed with the commissioner, provided that […]
§ 509-o. Penalties. Upon conviction for the violation of any provision of this article the court shall impose a sentence consisting of a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars.
